I remember my mother standing exasperated in the rain with the brolly over her head at dusk while I frog-kicked around in my speedos.

The point seems to be that the crippled “duck” is (like the animal) shunned by the healthier ducks, who have things to do and places to fly without being dragged down by lamesters.

As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave Omyto, which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called Amida, i.e., the Japanese pronunciation.

the race of upland giants